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Today’s consumers want products that not only boost the health and look of their hair but also align with eco-friendly and ethical values. Ingredients like plant-based oils, botanical extracts, and fermented actives are becoming favorites for their gentle, nourishing benefits.

Master Your Mane: Natural Actives to Protect and Repair Hair Lipids

Today’s consumers want products that not only boost the health and look of their hair but also align with eco-friendly and ethical values.

Sun care is no longer limited to standalone sunscreen products. Instead, it’s becoming an essential feature across categories like skin care, makeup and color cosmetics. This shift represents a significant opportunity for brands to meet evolving consumer needs while staying ahead of the competition.

Supergoop!, Amorepacific and Beiersdorf Experts Talk Beauty's Sunification

Sun care is no longer limited to standalone sunscreen products. Instead, it’s becoming an essential feature across categories like skin care, makeup and color cosmetics.

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Skin & Hair Care’s Protein-Based Revolution

Emerging technologies are driving a biology-first wave of innovation; here’s what that means for beauty innovation.

Three of the top 10 most cited confidence boosters are hair related, including good hair days and new hairstyles, as well as successful covering of gray hairs.

Hair Care 2025: Scalp Health & Category Blur

Pro and pro-inspired hair care is increasingly going mainstream. Salon-grade brands now make up about 10% of Target's hair assortment, while Sephora offers more than 1,000 products from professional and salon brands.

Exosomal Beauty is Here: Small, but Mighty

Beauty ingredient suppliers and brands are tapping tiny, powerful particles to rejuvenate the hair and skin.

The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.

Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Holistic wellness trends and emerging science are intersecting, providing new innovation targets for beauty products and claims.

A little treat? Keep track of food and flavor trends to fuel marketing and product innovation.

Beauty & the Joy Economy

From little treats to gourmand notes, every beauty category can feed into consumers' hunger for fun, happiness and less stress.

“We’ve observed a shift in consumer behavior, where hair care practices are increasingly mimicking skin care routines,” says Pascal Yvon, PharmD, MBA, general manager Americas, Sharon Personal Care, USA. “The consumers recognize that hair, like skin, shows signs of natural aging. This phenomenon is exacerbated by various environmental and chemical stressors including color treatment, bleaching, heat styling, ultraviolet (UV) radiation and pollution. These factors collectively contribute to the degradation of hair fibers, resulting in increased dryness, brittleness, and susceptibility to breakage and split ends.”

Top Hair Health Trends: Insider Insights

We recently surveyed experts in hair care to surface the latest trends, which include marine ingredients, defense against external stressors and more.

Peptides are powering everything from lip-shaping color cosmetics to aesthetic neurotoxin treatment alternatives. Suppliers are also working to enhance performance and penetration of these key materials.

Peptide Beauty is Leveling Up in 2025

Peptides are everywhere; why is that?

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FDA Warns Consumers: Undisclosed Steroid in Skin-Cap Skin/Scalp Treatment Spray, Do Not Use

Per the agency, testing identified a high-potency glucocorticosteroid in the aerosol spray product that is not disclosed on the label or packaging. As such, consumers are warned not to use the products.

'All participants had a physical count of their hair by a blinded clinician at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks, and the results were also confirmed with blinded photo-grading,' says Jay Small, a trichologist and cofounder of Arey. 'There was a statistical significance between active and placebo groups at both the 12 and 24 week mark.'

Arey's 'The System' Cuts Gray Hair Growth and Boosts Repigmentation by Combatting Canities: New Clinicals

"Vitamin and mineral deficiency, along with oxidative stress from factors like sun and chemical exposure, contribute to hair losing pigment and turning gray," says Jay Small, a trichologist and cofounder of Arey.

At this year’s Beauty Accelerate, we’re diving into the future of hair care with an exciting session led by Kelly George, Ph.D., who currently serves as the senior director of innovation at Nutrafol. Titled 'Energizing Innovation in Hair Growth and Scalp Health,' this talk promises to unpack the latest strategies, technologies, and ingredients shaping the industry.

Inside Hair Wellness Innovation: Nutrafol’s Kelly George Shares Cutting-Edge Strategies at Beauty Accelerate

We all know tried-and-true solutions like minoxidil are held in high esteem, but this session will go beyond the status quo to consider whole-body approaches to hair and scalp health.

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12 Top Trends and Buzzwords in Beauty at In-Cosmetics 2025

Here's a quick rundown of the top trends in beauty ingredients and concepts we saw at In-Cosmetics Global 2025; and this is just a sampling.

SymRelief Green is a 100% natural-origin solution combining bisabolol and organic ginger extract to impart synergistic skin-soothing effects.

Symrise Advances Clean Product Protection, Oral Care, Skin Glow and Sensitive Skin Care

Symrise recently highlighted its Mindera line for clean product protection, Optacool Fuji for oral care freshness, the award-winning Supervisome EPH for skin strength and glow, and SymRelief Green to soothe sensitive skin.

From hair and skin care, to sunscreens and more, this Beauty Accelerate session will provide R&D and their marketing partners with the insights needed to ensure products effectively meet the needs of this massive, dissatisfied consumer base.

Product Design for Deeper Skin Tones: Sun Care, Skin Care & Hair: Coming to Beauty Accelerate

From hair and skin care, to sunscreens and more, this Beauty Accelerate session will provide R&D and their marketing partners with the insights needed to ensure products effectively meet the needs of this massive, dissatisfied consumer base.

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[update - with interview] IFF Gamifies Beauty with Xelestia Skin/Hair Care Collection and Interactive Game

According to IFF, the formula concepts and mobile game highlight how personal care brands can leverage the rising trend of phygital escapism and immersive experiences. IFF's Johan Jansen-Storbacka weighs in on these consumer trends.

Compared to the same period of 2022, prestige hair styling units sold more than doubled in the first half of 2023.

The Skinification of Hair Styling is Here

As with the broader hair and scalp care sector, styling products with wellness benefits such as hair restoration or strengthening grew four times faster than the overall sector.

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Biologique Recherche Uses Skin Knowledge For Scalp Care

New introductions in the brand's scalp care include Masque Dermo-Apaisant, Shampooing Nutri-K, Crème De Soin and Keractive.

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